Recommended Web Sites

All About Vision: Guide to Low Vision - This commercial site will provide information on devices and aids for low vision and tips on how to find a specialist.

American Foundation for the Blind - This Foundation serves as a one-stop information and referral resource for people who are blind or visually impaired, the organizations and individuals that serve them, and the general public.

Causes of Visual Impairment - The Journal of the American Medical Association offer this information.

Common Types of Low Vision -The American Optometric Association offers this fact sheet.

Deaf-Blindness Overview - This information comes from the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness.

Low Vision from NOAH - Links to numerous websites with information related to low vision and blindness. New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is committed to providing high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. It is a joint project of several New York City agencies.

KidsHealth for Kids: Blindness - This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. The information found here is written specifically for children.

Lighthouse International - This organization’s mission is to overcome vision impairment for people of all ages through worldwide leadership in rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy. Information on low vision as well as the associated disorders can be found at this site.

Low Vision Information Center - The Low Vision Information Center is a nonprofit organization that helps people with low vision maintain their independence. This site provides information on how to live with low vision.

Low Vision Online Tutorial - Learn about all aspects of low vision in this tutorial from the University of Melbourne in Australia.

MedlinePlus: Vision Impairment & Blindness - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases and conditions.

National Eye Institute - As one of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health, the NEI conducts and supports research that helps prevent and treat eye diseases and other disorders of vision. One can obtain information on low vision as well as additional diseases and disorders at this informative site.

Poor Color Vision - The Mayo Clinic describes this vision problem.

Social Security Online: If You Are Blind Or Have Low Vision - Information about Social Security and other government benefits available to people with vision impairments.

Symptoms and Diagnosis of Eye Disorders - The Merck Manual for Patients and Caregivers offers this information.

TeensHealth: Visual Impairment - This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. The information found here is written specifically for teens.

Vision Problems Make It Difficult to Take Medications Properly - Learn more about this issue, and how to solve some of the problems, from the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging.

What Is Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)?- The Federal Communications Commission explains.

Who's Who in Eye Care - PreventBlindnessAmerica has created this list of who is who in the eye doctor's office.